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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:10 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:42
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HR3679

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -85.79°   Az: 175.49°   Direction: South

HR3679 is a variable bright giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Vela.

HR3679 visual magnitude is 5.27. Because of its faintness, HR3679 is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of HR3679 star
DSS2 image of HR3679. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3679 during the next 10000 years (-5.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 4.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 15m 03s
-55° 40’ 32”
12h 02m 20s
21h 17m 24s

J2000

09h 14m 17s
-55° 34’ 10”

Galactic Coordinates

275.5°
-4.72°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3679.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.27
Bright giant

-1.19
G8II
4767K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3679 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR3679. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3679 is distant 637.96 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

195.69
637.96
9 km/s
-0.035 arcsec/y
0.027"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO236749
SAO236749

Visibility from Your Location

HR3679 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK